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> It seems to occur while my TV is powered off Is there an easy way to reproduce the issue? Does unplugging and replugging HDMI make it freeze? Does power...

Anyone wanna try https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/25588?

I think this is the same as https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/23699. That HEVC stream failed with pvr but played fine in file mode.

> it could be that the problem is similar to the fix done on PR [#24704](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24704) where surfaces was not enough to decode DRM picture? I tried to play with...

> Check this part of the code and maybe play with it. Especially see this already in place workaround for HEVC, remove that one - and also try to explicitely...

> I was able to reproduce the issue locally with pvr.hts + [this DVB stream sample](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mhjb671jy8ymkd813rlw9/HotBird-4K1-HotBird-4K12023-08-3018-24.ts?rlkey=290gwzleq18348jc4hvwr3kvt&dl=1) by creating an IPTV network in Tvheadend and adding a mux with that .ts...

> If one prefers technical correctness over user experience, you can set the setting value to “always”. "Always" is not a great option since it would trigger the refresh rate...

> Is mid-stream fps change triggering fps change of display desired for "start" and "start/stop"? Yes, it is desired. But your change to stop this behaviour is valid too. That's...

Btw the current "Always" setting looks redundant and useless. Why would anyone want to switch to another refresh rate when backing out to GUI while playing?

I wonder if this would fix https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/25222 as well. That issue was introduced by https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/23921